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hysteria

[hi-ster-ee-uh, -steer-] / hɪˈstɛr i ə, -ˈstɪər- /


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It’s not helpful, and your children will absorb your hysteria.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

The Great One has treated backlash to his both-sides act as hysteria.

From Slate • Feb. 27, 2026

“I would say this is the same kind of hysteria that we heard on April 2nd,” said Bessent at a press conference from Davos, Switzerland, where the World Economic Forum is being held.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 20, 2026

"Avoid gossiping and talking about your friend or about their partner to others who could whip up hysteria," Shaheen-Zaffar tells the BBC.

From BBC • Dec. 5, 2025

Despite his more frivolous side, Rostipov had caused an uproar in scientific circles because he spent his free time curing hysteria with magic wands and hypnotic trances.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende




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